Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 03-27-2009, 10:18 AM   #1650
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post

There are dictionaries for eReader, but I don't know how well they work.

The Kindle comes bundled with the New Oxford American Dictionary, which Amazon is presumably paying a licence fee for. Even though the Kindle software is MOBI-based, most MOBI dictionaries are not supported on the Kindle. One interesting thing about this dictionary on the Kindle is that it is in the firmware. This approach might allow a licensed commercial dictionary to be installed without DRM, which is important because there are DRM-free dictionary applications for Linux (and OpenInkPot is even writing their own).
Good point, having dictionary support in the firmware is not predicated on the availability of a free dictionary. If support is there people can buy the dictionary of their choice. The eReader dictionaries are not free either but available. It is about choice. If there is no dictionary support then the choice isn't there.

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